It sounds like the proposed bill that Stallman complained about at the end of his right to read story. Here's that bill: http://w2.eff.org/IP/SSSCA_CBDTPA/20020321_s2048_cbdtpa_bill...

However, it doesn't really match the GPs description--I don't see anything about licensing compilers.

I was curious and went hunting, and I think it might be this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Broadband_and_Digital_...